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| Teenage girl rescued from sex trade |
| 2012-10-24 |
| [Dawn] Police have rescued a teenage girl from the illegal custody of a couple who were planning to sell her in Afghanistan, police said on Monday. The recovery of Shahina came after she made a call to Rescue-15 from her detention place and sought police help. Investigation officer SI Anis Akbar told Dawn that Rescue-15 informed Shahzad Town police that a girl had been placed in long-term storage I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece! by a couple in a house at Sanam Chowk and was seeking help for her release. In response, a police team raided the house and recovered her and took the couple into custody. In her statement, Shahina told police that she had been sold thrice and the couple, Jamila and Kareem, were her last buyers. She said Ikram, a native of Charsadda, had brought Shahina to Rawalpindi and sold her to them some 19 days back. She alleged they used her as sex worker, and Kareem raped her several times. Shahina said she was first kidnapped by Akram in Shabqadar while she was going to school. He dragged her in a car and made her unconscious. When she regained her consciousness she found herself locked in a room. Akram made Shahina addict by giving her narcotics. He continued to rape her during her stay with him and later sold her to Rashid for Rs60,000. Later, Ikram bought Shahina for Rs55,000 and brought her to Rawalpindi. Shahina said the couple wanted to sell her in Afghanistan, but somehow she came to know about their planning and luckily got a chance to inform Rescue-15 about their move. The police have started the paperwork but haven't done much else against the couple under sections 371-A (selling person for purposes of prostitution, etc), 371-B (buying person for purposes of prostitution, etc) and 376 (punishment for rape). During investigation, Jamila and Kareem told the police that they had recently been shifted from Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. to Islamabad to extend their illegal business they had been running for many years. They would buy girls from different sources, including sex traders and kidnappers, the IO added. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 on other words Menhadden Grumble7602, Mullah's are little more than holy pimps. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2012-10-24 15:24 |
| #10 Mutaa marriage is at the core of Islam and why Mullahs are so wealthy It is my understanding that mutaa marriage is a Shiite specialty, and that Sunnis have to make other arrangements. You might want to look that up, Menhadden Grumble7602. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2012-10-24 15:12 |
| #9 Prostitution in the Umma? Are you shitting me? Mutaa marriage is at the core of Islam and why Mullahs are so wealthy...it is the 20 minutes marriage organized(for alms) by the Mullahz...then you say "I divorce you" three times when you are done and she can service another of the Mullah's customer. |
| Posted by: Menhadden Grumble7602 2012-10-24 12:32 |
| #8 JFM, prostitution exists everywhere, and especially so where men with money are deployed among impovrished people. This Shahina was quite possibly destined to be sold to a brothel somewhere in Afghanistan, where she would have earned her 'owner' a good bit of money, no doubt some from American soldiers (though I understand that has become a lot more challenging than in wars past), as well as all the rest. Prostitution as seen in most of the west is often called a 'victimless' crime because both parties are willing participants; the sex slave trade in the Third World and even many of the 'rough' areas of the developed world is clearly not victimless. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2012-10-24 12:10 |
| #7 I'm acquainted with an Indian chap (Lawyer) that has worked for the U.N. for years (I have no idea exactly what he does). He makes an obscene amount of money, and brags about all of the "prime" talent (his words) available. He's been all over the place, Bosnia, Africa the 'stan...etc. It would seem that wherever the U.N. is, there is extensive trafficking for the sex trade. He is a thoroughly despicable person, I've told my wife I'd like to punch his ticket, but it seems he is quite admired by my in-laws. Someday... |
| Posted by: Secret Asian Man 2012-10-24 11:51 |
| #6 @Glenmore Don't believe everyone is like you. |
| Posted by: JFM 2012-10-24 11:12 |
| #5 I was snarking on the Afgans, but it's really not a laughing matter. I forgot about all the UN and other NGO types. |
| Posted by: Spot 2012-10-24 10:36 |
| #4 Isn't there a large number of U.N. in Afghanistan? Isn't the Food for Nookie program going on there too? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2012-10-24 08:51 |
| #3 My first trip into Afghan I was amazed at that this was going on. Mostly run by the russians. It was clear they were not there by choice and it needed to be stopped. I'm certain it is still going on. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2012-10-24 08:47 |
| #2 Probably a market among NATO soldiers and various contractor and NGO employees. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2012-10-24 08:42 |
| #1 planning to sell her in Afghanistan I wouldn't think there is much of a market for girls in Afgan. Goats, on the other hand... |
| Posted by: Spot 2012-10-24 08:02 |